A HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT ABOVE GUNNERY RANGE INDICATORS AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938. THE ...

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Accession Number 044887
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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A HAWKER DEMON AIRCRAFT ABOVE GUNNERY RANGE INDICATORS AT RAAF POINT COOK, VICTORIA, IN 1938. THE RANGE SAFETY OFFICER USED THE INDICATORS TO CONTROL USE OF THE RANGE. THE ARROW SHOWED THE DIRECTION OF THE TARGET; TWO WHITE DISCS INDICATED THE RANGE WAS SAFE TO USE, ONE DISC MEANT WAIT AND NO DISCS INDICATED THE RANGE WAS UNSAFE.